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Regarding acquiring starting pitching at the deadline, and of course it depends on who and which prospects, but in general which would you rather? A) Give up multiple top-10 prospects for a starter under control for multiple seasons B) Give up a couple of top-20 prospects for a rental through the end of the season C) Stand pat with what they have and count on Davies' return -
The things with memory foam mattresses are: 1) their firmness is temperature-sensitive. They are softer in the summer than winter. If you live in a warm-weather climate, they will be softer than the same mattress in a home in WI. B) there must be a hard, flat or mostly flat surface underneath them. You cannot, especially at your dimensions, put them on top of a box spring - you must put them on a platform, either a platform bed or a sheet or two of plywood 3) some of the nationally advertised brands are only 10" thick and thus I don't trust them to have a lot of support to them. I don't know how much the nationally advertised brands cost (Casper, Leesa - maybe DHonks can be kind enough to share), but I bought my mattress off of woot.com. They have good deals, and some of the memory foam mattresses you can select the firmness. They'll ship to your house (for the usual woot shipping cost of $5) and they come shrink-wrapped in a box or bag that you can pull up the stairs. Also, if the national brands cost $1200 and you can get a $400 one off of woot (or Amazon)... you can go through three mattresses before you break even on the national brand. I'd check woot for a week or two (if you can stand it)... and of course, make sure you have a hard flat surface under your mattress.
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Cubs Acquire Cole Hamels from Rangers
LouisEly replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
They might have seen the pitching window closing - Lackey on his last legs, Lester approaching mid-30's, Arrieta an impending free agent, and no pitching prospects in the upper levels to replace them - and went for it. They can spend in free agency, but there is no guarantee that players will sign with them as they are competing with a number of other teams for free agents (NYY, BOS, LAD, LAA, WAS, ATL, SFG, STL, etc.) We lament the historical lack of drafted/developed pitching for the Brewers, but the Cubs are arguably worse in that department - I believe the only pitcher on their current roster or 2016 World Series team who they drafted was Rob Zastryzny. -
Back to Fiers, I think he'd be a very good low-cost option to help get them to the playoffs and then shorten the rotation to leverage the great bullpen they have.
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For those who watched the game, I'm curious how Ray Black looked for the Giants. I've been following him and rooting for him for several years. Lost the first two years of his career to injuries, followed by a career 17.2 K/9 in the minors (along with 6.2 BB/9). DFA'd and released in early 2017, back in late 2017, now in the majors.
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What's silly is that the Brewers drew two walks tonight - one by Arcia, the other by Perez. Who had THAT happening?
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The biggest reason there wasn’t a market was that he had draft pick compensation tied to him, an obstacle he won’t have to overcome this offseason. A comp pick doesn't turn $80M into $5.5M. It will turn $80M in to $55M, but not $5.5M. Moustakas is a career .306 OBP guy. That doesn't get $80M. Apples and oranges, but Chris Carter hit 41 HRs in MKE and despite the strikeouts had a .321 OBP and he got a one year $3.5M deal.
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Well, judging by the market last offseason, $10M could get you a Moustakas-type player for a year and leave $4.5M in change to get a Matt Albers or Tony Watson or Dan Jennings type of reliever. I don't foresee the market changing drastically - except for the premier free agents, a la Machado, etc. - so $10M could plug a few holes. It could easily hold down 2B for a year until Hiura is ready.
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Unlikely, but the Brewers have an interesting schedule left. Right now they are in the middle of a long stretch of consecutive games, but looking at August and September they have the following days off: Monday 8/6, Monday 8/13, Thursday 8/16, Thursday 8/23, Monday 8/27, every Thursday in September. I've bolded 8/13 and 8/16 because they are the day before and the day after the two-game series at the Cubs. They can empty the bullpen those two days as they won't have to worry about relievers being unavailable during or after that series. They have enough off days in August where they could bring up a 5th starter only as-needed. This could accomplish a few things: 1) Lessens the need to trade multiple prospects for another starter. 2) Lets Peralta work on command while limiting his innings at AAA, bringing him up for spot starts as-needed 3) Carry an extra reliever so that they don't have to risk starters getting hit around the 3rd/4th time through the order, or 4) Carry an extra 2B for a defensive replacement later in games. Once September hits they can expand the roster and have bullpen days when they need a 5th starter. As I said, unlikely, but the upcoming off days I think will present some interesting roster manipulation.
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Care to wager? Exactly. Moustakas is not an upgrade over Shaw, so why acquire Moustakas to trade Shaw? And who would be in the market for Shaw that has a star 2B or SP they would be willing to give up to get Shaw? I know that Shaw isn't a FA until 2022, but he's 28; typically teams who would deal solid major league starters are looking for younger prospects with more control. Surprised it took until page 9 to mention that Moustakas only strikes out 15.1% of the time. He's also having a below-average season in terms of BABIP and goes to a better park for LH power, so there's reason to believe his offense will improve. What makes me scratch my head about this deal though is that four of the Cubs' five SPs are LHPs (Lester, Quintana, Hamels, Montgomery; not banking on Darvish). Shouldn't they be adding RHH? Twins and Orioles must have been greedy about Dozier and Schoop respectively.
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Braun's OPS this season with 2-out and RISP is a ridiculous 1.436 (heading into tonight's game). His overall numbers aren't good but there is something that he adds to the lineup that is intangible.
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Eligible for the Rule 5 Draft - Fall 2018
LouisEly replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
Considering that Gatewood is a 1B-only - and also considering his knee injury and his BB:K ratio - I think it would be very difficult for another team to carry him or want to carry him. Much easier to stash a lefty in the pen and use him as a LOOGY, thus I'd protect Kirby over Gatewood but I don't think there is a strong need to protect Kirby. -
Yankees Acquire J.A. Happ from Blue Jays
LouisEly replied to Eye Black's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Drury has some medical risk with his neck and the migranes/blurred vision. They think they've figured it out with the tendon but if that crops up again he could be useless. -
I get that Soria is a great reliever, and perhaps this makes Counsell feel more comfortable pitching Hader/Jeffress in close games when they are losing by a run or two which maybe helps them win a few more games, but I'm a bit higher on Medeiros than most because he's 2.4 years younger than league average at AA and pitching arguably better than Ortiz. Count me in the camp of not worth it for 1.3 years of Soria, sure as hell not worth it for 0.3 years of Soria.
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According to Gameday, he's been thrown seven balls. Like Thames, probably pressing and trying to do too much.
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Probably in the process of scheduling the surgery. Those things aren't exactly done by your average physician. Likely going to be a few days, if not a week or two before surgery, perhaps getting second opinion.
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Excellent pitching performance from Conor Harber wasted with a 2-hit performance in the makeup game. Ortiz with a solid performance too, 70 pitches over five innings.
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Yes, he is trending back towards his career MLB OBP of .347 and the first third of this season was noise and not signal.
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They need both back, agreed. Arcia yes, Santana no, at least not yet. Not until he shows more power and consistency at the plate. He doesn't have the "good defender" cushion to fall back on. I'd argue that Santana's .429 OBP in AAA is not only fairly consistent but also sorely needed on the major league team.
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It's the bottom of the 8th inning and the Twins are up 8-1.
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Bradley Zimmer out likely the rest of the year with shoulder surgery. Lonnie Chisenhall on the 60-day DL. Outside of Michael Brantley (.833 OPS), the rest of their OF is 37-year-old Rajai Davis (.606 OPS) and Greg Allen (.533 OPS) manning CF, Tyler Naquin (.662 OPS), Brandon Guyer (.640), and Melky Cabrera (.628). I wonder if now is the time to approach Cleveland about a mutually beneficial trade, and if: 1) they would part with Yandy Diaz for Domingo Santana + Broxton, and B) if Diaz can still play 2B. He played 2B on the Cuban national team, but has played very little 2B stateside. Broxton is a slugger compared to their current CF crop, and they only need him to get through this season as Zimmer will be back next year. Santana has several years of control and a clear path to start every day the rest of the year. Encarnacion is 35 and only guaranteed through 2019, then Santana can take over as DH if they have better options in RF. Diaz is an OBP machine, and in the minors walked (321 times) more than he struck out (310 times). Perhaps Diaz stays at 3B and Shaw can play 2B. I think Hiura is more of a 2020 arrival than 2019, certainly not the start of 2019, and then the Brewers can figure out what to do with Shaw/Diaz after 2019. Probably crazy, but maybe crazy enough to work...
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Suter Has Torn UCL, Will Likely Need TJ Surgery
LouisEly replied to OnaBadger58's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Not picking on you specifically, but there is a feeling by a number of people here that if a player doesn't immediately go on the DL it is Counsell's/DS's/trainer's/somebody's fault. It's more than likely the player's fault. If you go to the doctor and your arm or back or something is hurt and don't tell the doctor - or tell the doctor you feel fine - what is the doctor going to do? Nothing, because you told him you felt fine. Professional athletes are immensely competitive and don't want to be considered "soft" or "unavailable". Being "unavailable" is also a great way for a fringe player to get sent to the minors. Proper medical diagnoses of internal injuries must start with the patient telling the doctor - accurately, clearly, and thoroughly - how they are feeling. -
Medeiros is eight months younger than Ortiz, pitching at the same level, and arguably pitching better. He was 21 when the season started and is 2.4 years younger than league average, 3.20 ERA, 9.4 K/9, 8.0 H/9, walks a little high (4.0) but for his age and the level he is pitching very well. I think he's in the top 200. Right now I'll have Medeiros coming in somewhere between #5 and #7 on my next top 30 ballot.
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Stokes with a walkoff bomb. Ray adds two doubles to his HR tonight, and Gatewood ain't going quietly as he matches Ray with his 19th. Brown's injury sounds like a leg issue and not an arm issue, so that's a good thing.
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The whole thing has brought absolutely nothing positive to anyone or anything. It would be one thing if these Tweets were recent. It would be another if they had come from a grown adult. But neither is the case. If people are resorting to bringing up seven year old Tweets from a 17-year-old to create "news", then those journalistic bottom-feeders are just looking to make a name for themselves and don't care who they leave in their wake.
